UNITED STATES v. DENNO

No. 170, Docket 25343.

261 F.2d 511 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Edward ECKWERTH, Appellant, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1958.

Certiorari Denied January 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barlow Smith, New York City, for appellant.

Warren J. Schneider, Asst. Dist. Atty. of Westchester County, White Plains, N. Y. (Joseph F. Gagliardi, Dist. Atty. of Westchester County, White Plains, N. Y., on the brief), for respondent.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WATERMAN, Circuit Judge, and GALSTON, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied January 26, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 355.

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Edward Eckwerth, the relator, was found guilty of murder in the first degree after a trial to a jury in the Westchester County Court of New York in February 1957; the New York Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion, People v. Eckwerth, 4 N.Y.2d 811, 173 N.Y.S.2d 614, 149 N.E.2d 894; 4 N.Y.2d 923, 175 N.Y.S.2d...

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